The Best Throwback Thursday Pictures TBT

The whole of social media has really embraced Throwback Thursday. Each week, feeds on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are awash with photos that are high on nostalgia and low on clarity.

Nothing says #TBT like a ridiculously blurry high school yearbook picture.

It’s not just your friends and, God love her, your mom getting in on the action either. Athletes and celebrities have also become regular participants in Throwback Thursday, providing a look into their past before they were stars.

Mario Chalmers

Bryan Petersen

Texas Rangers outfielder Bryan Petersen as a child dressed kind of like those kids from The Sound of Music. Everyone of a certain age has a ridiculously staged portrait like this one hanging up at mom and dad’s.

Jennie Finch

Tony Jefferson

Arizona Cardinals safety Tony Jefferson’s official portrait from his peewee days. Judging by the shape of the photo, it’s more likely than not one of those goofy oversized buttons that moms proudly display, whether you want them to or not.

Mike Tyson

Lindsey Vonn

American Olympic Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn with her two sisters at the local public pool in their Wisconsin neighborhood. Apparently that goofy fruit-bowl number was her favorite bathing suit back in the day.

Colin Kaepernick

Nazr Mohammed

Chicago Bulls center Nazr Mohammed with his older brother when they were growing up in Ghana. Said Mohammed of his surly demeanor, “I have never seen a pic of me as a kid smiling lol. Guess I smile on the inside.”

Trey Williams

Arianny Celeste

UFC Octagon girl Arianny Celeste has an image to maintain, so don’t be expecting any awkward middle school pics from her on #TBT. Instead she recently posted this patriotic number, obviously a photo from one of her past magazine pictorials.